Themes :- Modern aspects of the legal concept of insurance- Functions of private insurance and social insurance- Aims and means of State control

- 1966 : Hamburg

General Themes :- Action of the State with regard to insurance companies in difficulties- Profit insurance : loss of profit insurance, new value, admitted value, and the indemnity principleSpecial Themes :- The possibilities of reducing the financial burden of public liability insurance (sum insured, excess, legal costs)- The influence of the insured's behaviour on the cover in a contract (warranty, misrepresentation, concealment; non-disclosure, forfeitures; Obliegenheiten)- Group insurance, especially Life- "Warehouse to warehouse" clauses in marine hull insurance

- 1970 : Paris

Themes :- The rights of third parties against the insurer- Insurance and monetary variations

- 1974 : Lausanne

Themes :- The accumulation of claims payments, recourse and subrogation in matters of private and public insurance- Insurance and acts of violence against a community, which affect persons or property

- 1978 : Madrid

Themes :- Prevention and insurance- Pollution and insurance

- 1982 : London

Themes :- Insurance and the liability of providers of services- The principles which should govern the insurance of persons

- 1986 : Budapest

Themes :- Changes in the Liability law; a challenge to insurers- Aggravation and other modifications of the risk situation

- 1990 : Copenhagen

Themes :- Damage from international disasters in the light of tort and insurance law- The financial supervision of insurance companies with particular regard to the financial resources required for insurance operations

- 1994 : Sydney

Themes :- Freedom of contract and of choice of law in insurance- Life insurance in relation to pensions both State and private

- 1998 : Marrakech

Themes :- Insurance Intermediaries- The Right of the Beneficiary of performance of an Insurance Contract

containing copies of the 21 National Reports delivered to Prof Fontaine, together with one supplementary report from Germany delivered by Claudia Föllmer. (Two further reports delivered from Argentina by Rosanna Bril and Maria Kavanagh respectively are to be found in the collection of reports described immediately below.)

Also attachedare copies of and/or follow-up reports based upon most of the presentations delivered during the "Climate Change and Insurance Law" Theme session conducted in Paris at the XIII World Congress on 20 May 2010